Camassia Creative Media
Custom Publishing Services
Share your message with the world by publishing your own zine or chapbook! Camassia Creative Media, owned and operated by Asyia Gover, is your source for independent, professional hand-made printing and publishing services in Spokane, WA.
Our Mission
Camassia Creative Media seeks to elevate community writers and artists by providing flexible, relationship-oriented publishing options.
Keep your revenue, keep your publication rights, and keep your community’s noses buried in your custom zine or chapbook!
Samples of zines and chapbooks published by Camassia Creative Media 
Subtransmissions by Neal Hallgarth, with Camassia Creative Media 
Food for Thought by AJ the Wordsmith, with Camassia Creative Media 
Poetry for the VIBES 2 with Camassia Creative Media 
Broken Mic 15th Anniversary from Camassia Creative Media 
Poetry for the VIBES 1 with Camassia Creative Media
Why print and publish by hand?
The range of publishing techniques and materials spans from the most brilliantly simple to the most exquisitely complex. Many writers and artists consider their first “real” book a professional milestone. However, the traditional publishing process demands a high upfront investment of time and money before any copies can be produced. Emerging artists, public artists, interactive artists, reporters, and educators may prefer a simple publishing method that can produce copies quickly with a low barrier to access.
Thank you for the amazingly fast response and turn-around! It’s been a giant learning and inspirational process. Print will always be more real than the screen, so the media services you provide are invaluable.
– Customer comment April 2026
Basic Product Menu
Full black & white, standard (20lb) paper, 5.5″ x 8.5″ booklet
- Small (5-15pgs content): $2/copy
- Large (16-35pgs content): $4/copy
Cover Upgrades
- Color cover: + $2/copy
- Custom paper: + $2/copy
Scroll down to see editing & design services and complete pricing options!
Use your custom zine or chapbook for…
Poetry
Emerging poets, performance poets, and traveling poets can stay prepared for anything by keeping a few poems in their back pocket!
Comics & illustrations
Zines and chapbooks are a convenient and intimate way to experience the immersive genre of graphic storytelling!
Short stories
The inherent brevity of zines and chapbooks make them perfect for presenting a gripping, mysterious short story!
Interactive workbooks / guided journals
Share your skills with the world by providing prompts and blank spaces for readers to complete the zine by trying it out!
Giving to loved ones
Move aside, fridge art. And, we’re going to need a bigger magnet…
Selling at events
You’ll never miss a sale when you bring your stock of zines or chapbooks everywhere you go!
Adding to your portfolio
No publication credits to show for your hard work and dedication to your craft? Let’s fix that!
Vending / consigning at vendor markets
Whether you staff a vendor table or reserve a display space, the value of your work speaks for itself!
Donating to zine libraries
Don’t let money be a barrier to the community discovering your work! Did you know that you can submit your zine to the lending library collections at Spark Central, Whitworth, Spokane Community College, and Spokane County Libraries?!
Comparison of Publishing Options
| Hand Publishing with Camassia Creative Media | Self-Publishing (Amazon, Lulu, etc.) | Traditional Publishing | |
| ISBN | Not at this time | Sometimes | Yes |
| Distribution | Relationship-based sales under artist’s full responsibility & control | Relationship-based with options to integrate with major distribution networks | Ordering through publisher and integration with major distribution networks |
| Timeline | 2 – 4 weeks | Varies | 1 year or more |
| Initial Costs | Minimum $2/copy | Varies | Submission fees, typically $25 – 100 |
| Artist Revenue (amount) | Artist sets markup and keeps all profit | Varies | Royalty agreements commonly pay $0.10 – 0.20/copy, with options to order discount copies for resale |
| Artist Revenue (timing) | At point of sale | Varies | Quarterly or annually |
| Bind Quality | Staples and unfinished paper | Varies | Stitching and/or glue and laminated cover |
| Customer Service | Local production, talk directly over the phone or meet in person in the Spokane area | Automated support and/or call/chat center support staff | Communicate with production staff via email, long response times common |
| Re-publication Rights | Artist retains all rights | Varies | Varies, but publishers commonly retain publication rights for several years |
| Submission & Rejection Process | No!* | No | Yes, often rejected up to 10 times before acceptance |
Complete Pricing Options
Pre-set Booklets
Full B&W Print, Standard (20lb) Paper
- Small: $2/copy
- Large: $4/copy
Full B&W Print, Premium (24lb) or Color Paper
- Small: $7/copy
- Large: $14/copy
Add-Ons
Cover Upgrades
- Color cover: + $2/copy
- Custom paper: + $2/copy
Single Page Upgrades*
- Color page: + $1/two-page spread
- Custom paper: + $2/four-page spread
*Due to booklet print method, these upgrades affect a minimum of 2-4 connected pages. We will consult with you regarding placement of your page upgrade.
Fully customized booklet layout and pricing is also available by request.
Editing & Design Services
Personalized Constructive Critique*
- Poem or short prose (< 1,000 words): $5/ea
- Short story or medium prose (< 5,000 words): $10/ea
- Small booklet: $25/ea
- Large booklet: $50/ea
* 2 – 4 sentences feedback per piece
Cover Design
- Digital collage / mixed media: $100/ea
- Traditional media: $200/ea
Examples of design work
Master Files & Reprinting Permissions
- .PDF (formatted for computer viewing): $50/ea
- .PDF (formatted for easy reprinting): $100/ea
Don’t see what you need here? Let’s talk!
Order Submission Form
Why Camassia?
Camassia quamash, also known as camas, camassia, common camas, small camas, kwetlal, or quamash, represents an important food source and a reminder of Indigenous resilience in its native Pacific Northwest, extending south to California and east to the Rocky Mountains. Many peoples, including the Interior Salish, cultivate camas as a staple, and found themselves in conflict with colonial government when settlers plowed camas fields in the late 1800s, effectively destroying generations of stored food. Camas bulbs take 3-5 years to mature to a size large enough to harvest, and are eaten similarly as sweet potatoes, although they can cause significant stomach upset when prepared incorrectly, as settlers often did.
The restoration of camas represents to me a re-orienting of values away from exploitation and toward connection.
In the world of writing and publishing, we may be yearning for the fantasy of signing that big book deal that gets us rich, or we may be preening for the ever-present camera that is social media. We get so caught up wondering if we could participate in the grand financial schemes and attention economies that hold us hostage, that we don’t stop to consider if we should. Now we struggle to differentiate between AI- and human-created artwork and poetry, and we obsess over likes and followers as if those metrics tell us anything about our creative ability.
We have our traditional mega-publishers, and we have our local and indie publishers, but in Spokane I can see that people are hungry for something more real and more rooted in our community. Just as the grass-like camas leaves emerge early in spring, our home-grown writers are peeking their heads above the crowd, looking for their opportunity. Although it may take a few years to reach one of those dream publishing goals, each year we grow a little bit more as we share our work with others, first informally at open mics and workshops, then formally in performances and journals. Camassia Creative Media is here for writers and artists who are ready to take that next step, from swapping battered notebooks with a friend to sharing unique chapbooks and zines with strangers.
Traditionally, camas bulbs are mass harvested and either pit-roasted or boiled all together. The community gathers for a feast of fresh camas, then they preserve the remaining food. Mature camas bulbs are no bigger than a child’s fist, yet when many are collected, they can feed a large group of people. Like the many little camas bulbs, my hope is that the zines, chapbooks, and other micro-print works from Camassia Creative Media will nourish the Spokane community and adorn us with blooms of creative spirit.
Saddle stapler and/or long-arm stapler
So I don’t have to go to Splat Co-Op and jam their stapler for every order!
24lb and/or 28lb paper
Enables me to provide B&W paper upgrades at lower cost!
Website subscription
Help Camassia Creative Media move to its own site!
Black & white duplex laser printer
The key machine needed to print your orders with maximum convenience and flexibility!
Soft-touch lamination materials
For protective and buttery smooth soft covers!
Folding machine
Does the work of two hands (and then some) at the touch of a button!
Help me help you! Every order brings me closer to one of these production upgrades. Better production equipment and materials means better publications, cheaper and faster!
Asyia Gover Poetry & Prose 